metropol
Danish
Etymology
From Ancient Greek [Term?].
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -oːl
Declension
Declension of metropol
common gender |
Singular | Plural | ||
---|---|---|---|---|
indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
nominative | metropol | metropolen | metropoler | metropolerne |
genitive | metropols | metropolens | metropolers | metropolernes |
References
Middle English
Etymology
From Middle French metropole (“town with bishop's seat”), from Late Latin mētropolis, from Ancient Greek μητρόπολις (mētrópolis, “mother city”), from μήτηρ (mḗtēr, “mother”) + πόλις (pólis, “city (state)”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈmɛ(ː)trɔpɔl/
Descendants
- English: metropole
References
- “mē̆tropol, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.
Norwegian Bokmål
Etymology
From Ancient Greek [Term?] "metropolis".
Noun
metropol m (definite singular metropolen, indefinite plural metropoler, definite plural metropolene)
References
- “metropol” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Norwegian Nynorsk
Etymology
From Ancient Greek [Term?] "metropolis".
Noun
metropol m (definite singular metropolen, indefinite plural metropolar, definite plural metropolane)
References
- “metropol” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Turkish
Etymology
From French métropole, from Latin mētropolis, from Ancient Greek μητρόπολις (mētrópolis, “a mother city or state”), from μητρο- (mētro-, “mother-”) + πόλις (pólis, “city”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /met.ɾɔ.pɔl/
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